composed by, painting [cover painting] John Cage engineer [tonmeister], photography by [cover, foto] Friedrich Wilhelm Rödding liner notes [editor / redaktion] Dr. Irmlind Capelle piano, liner notes [liner text] Steffen Schleiermacher producer [production] Reimund Grimm producer [production] Werner Dabringhaus technician [piano tuning] Erich Franz voice, liner notes [liner text] Anna Clementi Record Company Musikproduktion Dabringhaus Und Grimm Phonographic Copyright (p) MDG Copyright (c) MDG Pressed By Sonopress Recorded At Fürstliche Reitbahn Arolsen This compact disc brings together all the pieces for voice and piano published by Cage with the exception of the two early song cycles Twenty Years After (after texts by Gertrude Stein, 1933) and Five Songs for Contralto with Piano Accompaniment (after texts by e. e. cummings, 1983).
Four Walls (1944) A Flower (1950) for voice and closed piano; for Louise Lippold Experiences II (1944-45/48) for voice She is asleep - Duet: For voice and prepared piano (1943) The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1942) for voice and closed piano; text: from Finnegan's Wake Nowth Upon Nacht (1984) for voice and piano; in memoriam Cathy Berberian
Total Time: 76'47
Recording: November, 20-22, 2000. Fürstliche Reitbahn Bad Arolsen